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Shopify Data Engineer Interview Questions

The questions to prepare for a Shopify Data Engineer interview. Questions from real interview reports rank first. Updated daily.

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SQL & Data ManipulationStart here. 9 questions · ~108 min
Month-Over-Month Merchant RetentionHard
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Calculate Shopify merchant month-over-month retention using CTEs, joins, deduplication, and month-level aggregation.

Data Analysissql queriesShopify
Window Functions and Self JoinsHard
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Use window functions and self-joins to find each customer's longest purchase streak and previous purchase gap.

Window Functionsanalytics toolsJoinsShopify
SQL Dataset ExplorationEasy
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Explore a PostgreSQL dataset by identifying key patterns, missing values, and basic aggregates.

postgresqldata handlingdatabase queryingShopify
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Pipelines3 questions · ~36 min
Design and Optimize SQL PipelinesHard

Design and optimize a SQL-based pipeline for large-scale processing with strong data quality controls.

data pipelineETLsqlShopify
Streaming Pipelines Deep DiveHard

Evaluates your streaming pipeline thinking and system design tradeoffs.

system designstreamingShopify
ETL Concepts and ContainerizationMedium

Assesses ETL fundamentals and your operational experience with containerized data systems.

kubernetesETLsqlShopify
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Behavioral & Leadership8 questions · ~96 min
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More topics2 questions · ~24 min
Relational Data Model for E-CommerceHard

Design an e-commerce relational data model and explain how modeling choices affect downstream ML and analytics use.

designShopify
Solve Under Time PressureEasy
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Return a structured response for handling coding problems under time pressure by clarifying requirements, choosing a baseline, and validating edge cases.

clean codeBasic AlgorithmsArraysShopify

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